Eskandar (Alexander) Shura Ossipoff is a former
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
boxer who represented
Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Iran competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 36 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 5 sports. The country's sole medal was a weightlifting bronze won in the featherweight ...
. He participated in the light heavyweight division where he was defeated in the second round by the
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
's Di Segni.
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See also
*Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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References
Assyrian sportspeople
Olympic boxers of Iran
Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Iranian Assyrian people
Iranian male boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers
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